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Lisa DiCarlo, 09.13.02, 6:30 PM ET

Thomas Edison famously said that genius is "1% inspiration and 99% perspiration," but he just as easily could have been talking about getting rich. For the many self-made members of the Forbes Four Hundred Richest in America list, amassing a great fortune has nearly always gone hand-in-hand with decades of hard work. We asked five self-made members of this year's list to reflect on their first jobs and what they've learned.







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